BILL NUMBER: ACR 68	CHAPTERED  09/14/99

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER   110
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 14, 1999
	ADOPTED IN SENATE   SEPTEMBER 8, 1999
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 26, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JUNE 30, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Oller

                        JUNE 10, 1999

   Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 68--Relative to the Officer
Bill C.  Bean, Jr. Memorial Highway.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 68, Oller.  Officer  Bill C. Bean, Jr. Memorial Highway.
   This measure would designate a portion of State Highway Route 174,
as prescribed, as the Officer  Bill C. Bean, Jr. Memorial Highway.
The measure would  request that the Department of Transportation
determine the cost of appropriate plaques and markers showing this
designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources, to
erect plaques and markers.




   WHEREAS, Sacramento Police Officer Bill C. Bean, Jr., a dedicated
officer, died on February 9, 1999, in the line of duty at the age of
28 years during a traffic stop in the Del Paso Heights area of North
Sacramento; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Bean was fatally shot during the incident, and a
suspect was apprehended and is being criminally prosecuted; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Bean graduated from Colfax High School in 1989,
where he lettered in three varsity sports, and later coached
football; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Bean received an appointment to the United States
Military Academy at West Point and admittance to the University of
California at Davis; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Bean joined the Placer County Sheriff's
Department in 1991, and served the citizens of Placer County for four
years before transferring to the Sacramento Police Department in
1995; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Bean volunteered to be a neighborhood police
officer and a problem-oriented police officer in Del Paso Heights,
one of the toughest beats in Sacramento; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Bean worked hard to keep drugs out of Del Paso
Heights and acted as a positive role model for youth in the area; and

   WHEREAS, Officer Bean made four consecutive appearances, including
the 1999 starting free safety, in the Annual "Pig Bowl," a football
game between the Sacramento Police Department and the Sacramento
Sheriff's Department that benefits area charities; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Bean, in addition to working full time as a
police officer, was enrolled as a full-time student at Sierra College
where he won Bay-Valley Conference honors playing football for the
Wolverines; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Bean is survived by his fiancee, Carrie Heimann;
his parents, Bill Bean, Sr., and Kim Toms; his brothers, Chris and
Brandon Bean; his stepmother, Pam Bean; his stepfather, Nick Toms;
and other loving family members; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Bean was well known for his dedication to duty,
friendly disposition, and positive attitude; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Bean will be sorely missed by family, friends,
colleagues, and the citizens he proudly served in Placer and
Sacramento Counties; and
   WHEREAS, It is appropriate that State Highway Route 174, between
State Highway Route 20 in Grass Valley and Interstate Highway Route
80 in Colfax, be dedicated to the memory of this officer who made the
ultimate sacrifice in his service to the people of Placer and
Sacramento Counties, and the State of California; now, therefore, be
it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby dedicates State
Highway Route 174, between State Highway Route 20 in Grass Valley and
Interstate Highway Route 80 in Colfax, to the memory of Officer Bill
C. Bean, Jr., who served the people of Placer and Sacramento
Counties, and be it further
   Resolved, That State Highway Route 174 be officially designated
the "Officer Bill C. Bean, Jr. Memorial Highway"; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to
determine the cost of appropriate plaques and markers, consistent
with the signing requirements for the state highway system, showing
this special designation, and upon receiving donations from nonstate
sources sufficient to cover that cost, to erect those plaques and
markers; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the Department of Transportation and to the author
for appropriate distribution.
